Gearing up

The event will arrive at the Wiltshire GEARING UP TO HOST FIRST-EVER CLUTCH PRO TOUR EVENT course – built on a limestone base that provides natural drainage for excellent conditions all year round – following a year of investment. A major sustainable The Manor House Golf Club will be the destination for some of golf’s rising stars this summer when the celebrated Wiltshire venue will play host to Europe’s leading development tour for the very bunker renovation project is currently underway as BunkerMat technology is introduced on the majority of its 80 bunkers to improve sand retention on the steep slopes first time.

The Manor House’s greenkeeping team The club’s acclaimed par-72 parkland course – set within 365 acres of picturesque rolling countryside on the southern edge of the Cotswolds – will welcome the 2023 Mizuno Next Gen also recently completed a project to help prevent erosion on the bank of the greenside lake of the second hole, and the club has purchased a new Gambetti sprayer for turf care purposes. Series, presented by Clutch Pro Tour in June for three days of scintillating action. Golf club manager, Andy Ryan, said: “We are delighted to be hosting the Mizuno Next Gen Series, presented by The official feeder tour to the European Challenge Tour, the Clutch Pro Tour Tier One event will visit the Castle Combe Clutch Pro Tour in June and are looking forward to welcoming everyone for what promises to be a great few days of golf. venue for the first time ever from June 5-7. On June 5, The Manor House will host a pro-am where amateurs will have the opportunity to play alongside a Clutch Tour player in tournament conditions before the professionals take centre stage to compete over 36 holes the following two days. “After recent course investment, and with further improvements set to take place ahead of the event including the completion of bunker work, the course will be in an excellent condition and will provide a real test for the game’s next stars.” Former European Ryder Cup stars Andy Sullivan and David Howell are among the high-profile players to have previously played on the Clutch Tour, and The Manor House joins current DP World Tour venue Galgorm Castle and former venues St. Mellion and Moor The club is now taking bookings for golf breaks through the winter. Packages start from £140 per person and include bed and breakfast in a standard room, a £35 per person allocation to use towards dinner, use of the driving range and 18 or 36 holes of golf.

Park on the schedule. A range of attractive fourball packages are also available from now until the end A course which offers golf on another of March. Starting from £57.50 per perlevel, with 365 acres of breathtaking son, visitors will be able to enjoy a barolling countryside as its backdrop, The con roll and hot drink upon arrival before Manor House’s beautifully manicured playing 18 holes of golf with a buggy. fairways are lined with mature oak and beech trees and will provide a tough For more information on The Manor challenge for the next generation of House, please visit: The Manor House. golfers as they compete in the sixth Tier One event of the season for a prize fund For more information on the Clutch Pro of at least £60,000. Tour, please visit: Clutch Pro Tour.